1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Which one of the five competitive forces is the strongest? Do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. The companies that are competing in this industry are Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ Tiffany ’s‚ Online Jewelry Stores (Diamonds.com‚ etc…)‚ and Local Jewelers. The Rivalry among the competing sellers is strong because there are many competitors and they are basically offering the same product. Also‚ the
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On Pricing Strategies Under different market conditions BY:- Nishant Srivastava 2007MBA30 UNDER GUIDANCE OF:- DR. DEEPALI SINGH (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR) Department of Information Technology ABV-IIITM Introduction What is Pricing ? • Pricing is one of the four major elements of the marketing mix. • Pricing is an important strategic
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Course Outline MBA 2011-13 Management of Pricing Elective Subject‚ Credit 2 20 Hours Course Coordinators: Ranajoy Bhattachrayya‚ Pinaki Dasgupta & Biswajit Nag (both for Delhi & Kolkata) (I) Objective The objective of this course is to bring both theoretical as well as actual practices in decision making process for pricing of goods or services. Pricing has moved up to the top priority in management decision making especially during the time of changing economic environment
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Selecting a Pricing Method 3 major considerations in price setting : costs of production‚ distribution‚ communication set a floor to the price competitors’ prices and the price of substitutes provide an orienting point customers’ assessment of unique features establishes the price ceiling (plafond) Companies select a pricing method that includes 1 or more of these three considerations. We will examine 6 price-setting methods: Mark-up pricing‚ target-return pricing‚ perceived-value
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3215 REV: JUNE 21‚ 2010 WILLIAM J. BRUNS Lyons Document Storage Corporation: Bond Accounting In December 2008 Rene Cook sat in her cubicle trying to remember what she had learned in business school about bonds and bond accounting. Ms. Cook‚ a new MBA and special assistant in a training assignment with the company president‚ had just met with David Lyons‚ president of Lyons Document Storage Corporation. He had asked her to think about the possible consequences of repurchasing company
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Chapter : Research Methodology Objective of the study Sample Size Purpose of the study Scope of the study Limitation of the study Design of Questionnaire Source of Data Secondary Data Primary Data Research Methodology Objective of the study: To study the different models available in NOKIA handset during the study period(2011-2012). To study the satisfaction level of NOKIA handset user in Assam University during the study period. Sample Size: The sampling process consists
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Household Computer Solutions My company will be called Household Computer Solutions and will start off consulting‚ planning and deploying customized computer and networking services. As the company grows I would like to open a store in which I will be able to display some of the many‚ little known‚ things you can do with computers through open source software. In addition to this once a week we will hold various classes based on the needs of my client base to assist in making computers easier
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The Star of David The Jewish symbol‚ the star of david‚ is currently one of the most known Jewish symbols. It was not well known until the 17th century. After that the star was a worldwide known symbol. This symbol has many different meanings to different people. Not much information is known about the star of david. Things like what the star of david is‚ why it is important‚ and what the star represents are the topics that have more information known about them. The star of david means “shield
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BOOK REVIEW The book‚ Blue Ocean Strategy -How to create Uncontested Market Space and Make competition Irrelevant ‚ authored by W. Chan Kim and Renne Mauborgne is the best seller of its time. It is a widely accepted book for strategy professionals. The title indicates the theme of the book .This book promises to achieve the uncontested market space and make competition irrelevant by making the use of Blue ocean strategy. The book argues that companies in existence today should not try to beat
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4. General Pricing approach. Value based pricing‚ everyday low pricing (EDLP) and high-low pricing. Value based pricing Source:http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/operating/marketing/pricing/valuebased.htmlHow high can a price be before the product or service is priced out of the market?To understand the customer ’s perception of the value of your product or service‚ look at more subjective criteria such as customer preferences‚ product benefits‚ convenience‚ product quality‚ company image and
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